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November 1, 2007

Halloween on the Upper West Side

Every Halloween, West 69th Street closes to traffic, and thousands of kids go trick or treating from building to building. This year, I set up my camera in one building’s lobby and photographed some of the kids in their costumes. I thought I’d share a few of the shots (I particularly liked the little girl named Dalia who was dressed as the “Dalia Lama”):

I was thinking that I’d love to take pictures of some of the kiddies who came to my door, some of them were adorable, a few actually scary. But I figured their parents would be a little creeped out if I asked to take pics of them (especially if I was gonna post them online).

Lookin pretty good. You might want to think about running your sharpening on a separate layer so you can mask out all those halo’d edges. I usually just use a big feathered brush and quicky trace the silo, that way you can mask out any other areas which might also be odd.

I wouldn’t take the unsharp comments to heart. I actually like the look you accomplished with this technique and afterall it’s a stylized look. Some people can’t handle the sharp look - they must be using Nikon’s… (joking) Afterall Canon’s produce a sharper image.

Keep up the great work and produce images that make you happy. Remember - this stuff is subjective.